The Old Rugged Cross Made A Difference - Rev. William McCrea - Because He Lives (Vinyl, LP, Album)

The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference Lyrics: 'Twas a life filled with aimless desperation / Without hope walked the shell of a man; / Then a hand with a nailprint stretched downward / Just one.

Mar 27,  · Over time he became an alcoholic but through the redemptive power of the Cross he was delivered from alcohol in and can now sing and personally testify, “The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference”. In the mid-nineties he became a chaplain with “Transport For Christ” and has served the Lord in that capacity ever since.

Author: Gloria Gaither Gloria Gaither (born March 4, ) is a Christian songwriter, author, speaker, editor, and academic. She is the wife of Bill Gaither and also sang in the Bill Gaither Trio, one of the most influential groups in recent Christian music.

Gaither Vocal Band – The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference Lyrics 'Twas a life filled with aimless desperation Without hope walked the shell of a man; Then a hand with a nailprint stretched downward, Just one touch then a new life began. Chorus: And the old rugged cross made the difference.

In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine / Such a wonderful beauty I see / For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died / To pardon and sanctify me. (*Refrain) To the old rugged cross I will ever be true / Its shame and reproach gladly bear / Then He'll call me someday to my home far away / Where His glory forever I'll share.

The Story Behind The Old Rugged Cross. As a Methodist evangelist, George Bennard wrote the first verse of "The Old Rugged Cross" in Albion, Michigan, in the fall of as a response to ridicule that he had received at a revival inundoslighpihunt.conssynchnifisarktuvapotowarmwounconc.cod traveled with Ed E. Mieras from Chicago to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin where they held evangelistic meetings at the Friends Church from December 29,

Nov 10,  · "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS" "And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called Golgotha" (Jn. ) INTRO.: A song which reminds us of the importance of the cross on which Jesus died at Golgotha is "The Old Rugged Cross" (# in Hymns for Worship Revised, and # in Sacred Selections for the Church).The text was written and the tune (Rugged Cross) was composed .

Stevenson gives Herbert a long hug before he is taken away. The officers put on a record of the hymn “ The Old Rugged Cross.” As he watches Herbert die, Stevenson notices a “cloud of regret and remorse” affecting all of the officers involved.

The group was formed in on the spur of the moment before a concert with the song "First Day In Heaven" with Bill Gaither & Gary McSpadden of the Bill Gaither Trio, and Steve Green & Lee Young of the backup singers. Lee Young was dismissed in , and Jon Mohr was hired as the new bass singer.